Agent skill

Mz Release Signoff

by MaterializeInc in MaterializeInc/materialize

Verify a release candidate on the Grafana dashboards and sign off in release.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Mz Release Signoff

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-release-signoff -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MaterializeInc/materialize mz-release-signoff --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MaterializeInc/materialize.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/mz-release-signoff .claude/skills/mz-release-signoff && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
mz-release-signoff
GitHub stars
6.4k
Token cost
~7.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
3,984 words
Files
13 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Verify a release candidate on the Grafana dashboards and sign off in release.

  • Works in 8 steps: Establish the version and the boundaries → Choose the namespace set → Choose the time window → …
  • Tasks that involve Monitoring and alerting
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Read the panel instructions,…, Every dashboard names its… and Step 1: Establish the version…, plus 11 more sections
  • Runs Python and Shell scripts from its folder; calls git

What it does

Mz Release Signoff is an agent skill from MaterializeInc/materialize. Verify a release candidate on the Grafana dashboards and sign off in release. Trigger: "verify the release", "sign off on the release", "release verification", "check the canary", "does this release look healthy", a pasted grafana.dev.materialize.com dashboard link, or a release-bot "please verify the vX.Y.Z" request. Also when asked to compare metrics across a release boundary.

Its SKILL.md is about 7.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 14 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/adapter.md`, `references/compute.md` and `references/persist.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Monitoring and alerting and Deployment. It works with Grafana and PostgreSQL. The repository describes itself as: The live data layer for apps and AI agents. Create up-to-the-second views into your business, just using SQL.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Monitoring and alerting
  • Tasks that involve Deployment

Example prompts

  • “verify the release”
  • “sign off on the release”
  • “release verification”
  • “/mz-release-signoff”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Establish the version and the boundaries
  2. Choose the namespace set
  3. Choose the time window
  4. Derive the metric roster
  5. Measure
  6. Judge
  7. Drill deeper
  8. Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6515d14. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 7 files in scripts/ (Python and Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Mz Release Signoff loads about 7.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~21k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 3,984 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~100
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~7.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~21k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 3,984 words (~7,249 tokens).

“Verify a release candidate by comparing metrics across the release boundary, then report the outcome.”

— opening of SKILL.md by MaterializeInc, Custom licence
name
mz-release-signoff
argument-hint
<release version, dashboard URL, or Slack thread URL>

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references) in .agents/skills/mz-release-signoff of MaterializeInc/materialize.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/adapter.md
  • references/compute.md
  • references/persist.md
  • references/reference-dashboards.md
  • references/sources-and-sinks.md
  • scripts/build-range-query.py
  • scripts/catalog-diff.sh
  • scripts/catalog_names.py
  • scripts/lint_metrics.py
  • scripts/lint_metrics_test.py
  • scripts/metrics-allowlist.txt
  • scripts/panel-metrics.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6515d14

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App SDK Conceptsgrafana/skills281—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Analyzing Experiment Precompute CanaryPostHog/posthog40k—~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Database Observabilitygrafana/skills281—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Categories

Questions about Mz Release Signoff

What does Mz Release Signoff do?

Verify a release candidate on the Grafana dashboards and sign off in release. Mz Release Signoff is an agent skill from MaterializeInc/materialize. Verify a release candidate on the Grafana dashboards and sign off in release.

When should I use Mz Release Signoff?

Mz Release Signoff fits situations like: tasks that involve Monitoring and alerting; tasks that involve Deployment.

How do I install Mz Release Signoff in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-release-signoff -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/mz-release-signoff in MaterializeInc/materialize) into .claude/skills/mz-release-signoff in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Mz Release Signoff in Codex?

Run `npx skills add MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-release-signoff -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/mz-release-signoff in MaterializeInc/materialize) into .agents/skills/mz-release-signoff in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Mz Release Signoff in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-release-signoff -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/mz-release-signoff, .gemini/skills/mz-release-signoff, .github/skills/mz-release-signoff and .opencode/skills/mz-release-signoff in your project.

What does Mz Release Signoff need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Mz Release Signoff needs Python and a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Our summary lists: Python 3; A Bash shell.

Does Mz Release Signoff access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Mz Release Signoff safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Mz Release Signoff use?

Mz Release Signoff has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Mz Release Signoff use?

About 7.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 29k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 13k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Mz Release Signoff?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Mz Release Signoff: Dashboard Preview (m4r1k/Eneru, 149 stars), Aqua Metrics (oracle/accelerated-data-science, 125 stars), App SDK Concepts (grafana/skills, 281 stars) and Analyzing Experiment Precompute Canary (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Mz Release Signoff?

MaterializeInc (a GitHub organization) maintains it in MaterializeInc/materialize, which has 6,377 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: MaterializeInc/materialize on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.